Hillsboro

Hillsboro will release this is me if i was you on November 13, 2026 via their own label, play dead. The three-track EP follows A Party in Your Name, released earlier in 2026, and brings the Vancouver band’s live energy into songs about fractured relationships, grief, and breaking destructive patterns.

Recorded at The Hive in Victoria, British Columbia with producer Colin Stewart, the EP draws from emo, alternative rock, lo-fi folk, and electronic music. Dissonant guitars, melodic passages, blown-out drum breaks, and layered textures serve a direct emotional approach. “We are all producers and very detail-oriented, but we believe music should have an immediacy that hits your nervous system before anything else,” the band explains. “If something is in the way of that, it needs to go.”

Lead single “My God” pairs interlocking guitars and a steady groove with an emotionally charged chorus. Nima Walker describes it as a song about vulnerability after a relationship ends and the urge to clear space for a different life. Recording it quickly, without time to overthink, helped establish the band’s new creative direction.

The EP also includes “Don’t (wait)” and “The sky reminds me of you now, pt. 2 (feat. mieke?).” Across the record, personal upheaval is met with the support of the friendships that hold the band together.